It was hard to keep calm.

"Throughout my career," said veteran Rubens Barrichello, "I have never
seen a pre-season that is so difficult to interpret.

"What you can say is that Red Bull and Ferrari seem to be in front, while
Williams has improved," the Williams driver told O Estado de S.Paulo,
"but I am sure there are some cards hidden up sleeves."

Also with notably good laps in Barcelona were Renault and Toro Rosso, while
the best McLaren driver was Lewis Hamilton in just fourteenth place.

Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus, meanwhile, was faster than either of the Force
India drivers, while in the absence of Timo Glock, rookie Jerome
d'Ambrosio brought up the timesheets in the sluggish new Virgin.